Radiator connection.



UNITED STATES PATEN T GFFIOE.

WILLIAM A. WIEDEBUSCH, FAIRMONT, WEST VIRGINIA.

RADIATOR CONNECTION.

To all wlw/1t t may concern:

Be it kno-wn that I, WILLIAM A. VIEDE- BUSCH, al citizen of the United States, residing at Fairmont, county of Marion,.State of lest Virginia, have invented certa-in new and useful Improvements in Radiator Connections, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in radiator connections, the object being to provide a connection which is so constructed that it can be readily placed in position on any well known radiator now in use, either steam or hot water, whereby the connecting of the supply and return pipes to the radiator is greatly facilitated.

Another object of the invention is to provide a connection which can be used for converting a radiator especially constructed for a one pipe system-into a two pipe system, the connection having means for connecting the supply and return pipes thereto.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a connection which is exceedingly simple and cheap in construction, the same being formed of a casting divided longitudinally by a partition to form inlet and outlet passagesthrough which the steam or hot water is adapted to pass.

Another object of the invention is to provide a connection which is especially adapted to be installed in the threaded boss of the radiator which is generally closed by a plug, whereby the diiiiculties now existing in connecting a radiator' to the supply and return pipes are overcome.

Other and further objects and advantages of the invention will be hereinafter set forth and the novel features thereof defined by the appended claim.

In the drawing Figure 1 is an end elevation of a radiator showing the application of my improved connection; Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same; Fig. 3 is a horizontal section through my improved connection detached; and Fig. 4 is a rear end view of the connection.

Like numerals of reference refer to like parts in the several figures of the drawing.

In the drawing, 1 indicates a steam or hot water radiator which is formed of a plurality of sections connected together in the ordinary manner,V one terminal section having a threaded boss 2 at its base which, in use on Specification of Letters Patent.

Applicationkled March 20, 1911.

Serial No. 615,514.

radiators, is now generally closed by a plug, especially when the opposite end of the diator is provided with supply and return pipes, and the main object of my invention is to facilitate the connecting of the pipes to the radiator or for converting a radiator constructed for a one pipe system into a two pipe system radiator, and the above description is given so that the application of my improved connection to a radiator can be readily understood. In connecting a radiator constructed in accordance with my invention, the plug of the boss 2 is removed and the bosses at the other end of the radiator are closed by suitable plugs, but in some cases, the radiator' is manufactured with a boss in which the bores are formed by the `tter for connecting the same to the steam or hot Water pipes.

My improved fitting comprises a casting 3 formed of any suitable metal having a substantially V-shaped head 4L and provided with an external threaded neck 5 which is adapted to be screwed into the threaded boss 2 of the radiator, as clearly shown. The casting 3 is provided with a longitudinal partition 6 forming an inlet passage 7 and an outlet passage 8 which communicate, respectively, with diverging threaded bores 9 and 10 formed in the head and into which are adapted to be screwed nipples 11 and 12 extending from valve casing 13 and elbow 14 to which the supply and return pipes 15 and 16 are connected as clearly shown and it will be seen that as the steam or hot water passes through the connection into the radiator, it will rise, forcing the cooled or condensed steam out of the outlet passage. By forming the connection in this manner, the supply and return pipes can be readily connected to the same and a single pipe system of heating can be easily converted into a double pipe system, the partition within the casting dividing the same into separate and distinct passages to prevent the mingling of live steam with the condensed steam when passing through the same.

In setting up radiators or overhauling systems, such as converting a one pipe system into a two pipe system, it has been the general practice to remove the plug from the radiator at the opposite end from the supply and place therein a return pipe but this necessitates the eXtra expense of additional pipe and the trouble involved in connecting the respective parts. By my con- Patented June 30, 1914i.

neetion, 'it only necessary to Close one ot the openings at the end of the radiator and y install my eonneetion Ain the threaded -loossl at the opposite end. By forming the coinl nection with a supply and return 'passage and having` the ports `or bores leading` intoV said i'iassages arrangedat an angle thereto, the nipples can be readilyin'sert-ed ffoi' con#` fleeting the same to the valves of the supply and return pipes. x

Having' described -niy invention and `setz forth lits merits what I-elaim Land desire "to secure by Letters Patent is- A pipe Connection for fradiatorscompris ing` a hollow casting having a substantially head olf'said'easting, and to which the pipes of tliefs'yste'm are-adapted to be secured.

"In testimony Whereot I aiiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

WrinnA-Ni A. gWilliDE-BUson.

Witnesses N. "GUruris Lmmionn,

H. l?. ALBEN.

'yY aduresing lure feommisiene'r Iof intents, 

